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Topic: Undercarriage questions |
Charley Paul
From:
California, USA
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Posted 3 Mar 2019 10:43 am |
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Hi,
This may be obvious to most here, but as a new psg player who is quickly becoming infatuated with some of the older Sho Bud and Emmons guitars, I have a question about what I am looking at when I see the undercarriages of these older guitars....
When I look under many modern guitars, I see what appears to be solid wood. When I look under a Sho Bud or older Emmons, I see what looks like MDF.
Are these older guitars made of plywood and covered with a laminate to make them look so pretty? Or are they solid wood instruments? |
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Jeff Mead
From:
London, England
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Posted 3 Mar 2019 11:15 am Re: Undercarriage questions
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| Charley Paul wrote: |
When I look under a Sho Bud or older Emmons, I see what looks like MDF.
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I see only solid maple when I look under my Sho~Bud. |
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Charley Paul
From:
California, USA
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Posted 3 Mar 2019 12:56 pm
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| What am I looking at when I see certain guitars that look like they have a textured paint on them....sometimes I see what appears to be a turquoise color? Is it just paint sprayed over the wood? |
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Charley Paul
From:
California, USA
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Posted 3 Mar 2019 12:58 pm
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Here’s an example....
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John Swain
From:
Winchester, Va
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Posted 3 Mar 2019 1:56 pm
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| A lot of 70s Sho-Buds have textured paint on the bottom, Emmons guitars had flocking (velvet looking). Both companies only made solid maple guitars. |
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Charley Paul
From:
California, USA
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Posted 3 Mar 2019 7:26 pm
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| Thanks so much for clearing that up for me. |
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Jeremy Threlfall
From:
now in Western Australia
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